Scam and safety warnings over adverts for 'abandoned warehouse rave'

Police have warned against illegal raves after Facebook events promoting ‘Abandoned Warehouse Raves’ across the region have appeared on social media.
More than 5,000 people have said they are interested in attending a rave in an abandoned warehouse in Durham while 500 have said they would be keen to attend one in Newcastle.
It is thought that the Facebook event adverts could be part of a social media phishing scam as similar adverts have appeared for dozens of cities across the UK.
Nevertheless Durham Constabulary are warning the thousands who have shown an interest not to attend such an... read more

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